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FERC Dismisses Challenges Related to Market-to-Market Coordination over Data Center-Constrained Flowgate

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On September 10, 2024, FERC issued an Order denying two complaints. The first complaint was filed on January 23, 2023 by Montana-Dakota Utilities Company (“MDU”) against Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc....more

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FERC Denies CPower’s Complaint Requesting Revisions to PJM’s Tariff Governing Curtailment Service Providers

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On September 19, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) denied Enerwise Global Technologies, LLC’s (“CPower”) complaint against PJM Interconnection, LLC (“PJM”) alleging that PJM’s Open Access Transmission...more

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Renewable Energy Update 8.19.24

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Analyst Wood Mackenzie expects the U.S. community solar sector to add 7.3 GW of new capacity by 2029, which would push the total cumulative installed community solar capacity to above 14 GW, according to a recent report...more

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U.S. Natural Gas Marketed Production Reaches Record Highs

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Ukraine War contributes to substantial increase in U.S. LNG exports to Europe. Washington—Annual marketed production of natural gas increased in the United States to a record high in 2022...more

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FERC Accepts CAISO’s Request to Raise Soft Cap Offer

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On April 25, 2024, FERC approved the California Independent System Operator Corporation’s (“CAISO”) request to increase its capacity procurement mechanism (“CPM”) soft cap offer from $6.31/kW-month to $7.32, which will become...more

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Energy Law: Week in Review - March 2024

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Welcome to Dorsey’s Energy Law: Week in Review. We provide this update to our clients to identify significant developments from the previous week....more

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Sixth Circuit Finds that FERC Overstepped its Authority on Voluntary Remand of PJM Reserve Market Design Changes

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On December 19, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (“Sixth Circuit”), in Electric Power Supply Association; PJM Power Providers Group v. FERC, held that the former Chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory...more

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FERC Staff Issues Winter Reliability Assessment Report

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On November 16, 2023, FERC staff issued the 2023-2024 Winter Energy Market and Electric Reliability Assessment report, projecting trends and identifying considerations for energy markets and electric reliability for the...more

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Troutman Pepper Summary of FERC Order No. 2023 on Generator Interconnection Reform

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On July 28, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued Order No. 2023 (Order No. 2023 or Final Rule), which updates the procedures for interconnecting large generating facilities (20MW and above)...more

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FERC Adopts Regulations to Permit Credit-Related Information Sharing

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On June 15, 2023, FERC issued Order No. 895, adopting new regulations permitting regional transmission organizations (“RTO”) and independent system operators (“ISO”) to share, amongst each other, credit-related information of...more

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FERC Accepts in part and Rejects in part PSCo’s Proposed LGIP & LGIA Revisions

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On June 2, 2023, FERC accepted in part and rejected in part Public Service Company of Colorado’s (“PSCo”) proposed revisions to its Large Generator Interconnection Procedures (“LGIP”) and Large Generator Interconnection...more

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FERC Grants NYISO Three Year Extension in Implementing Order 2222

Late last week, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission granted the NYISO’s mid-November extension request to move the implementation date of certain tariff revisions that will allow distributed energy resources (“DERs”) and...more

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The Nexus of Transmission and Storage: A Conversation With American Transmission Company GC and Executive VP Bill Marsan - Battery...

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Supercharged and back online, Troutman Pepper’s Battery + Storage Podcast kicks off Season Three with guest Bill Marsan, American Transmission Company executive vice president and general counsel. In this episode, podcast...more

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PJM Board Moves Forward with MOPR Overhaul

The board of managers of PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM) has directed PJM to prepare a proposal for filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that will substantially reform the Minimum Offer Price Rule...more

Morgan Lewis - Power & Pipes

FERC Promotes Greater Participation of Distributed Energy Resources and Demand Response in Energy Markets

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) announced during its March 18 open meeting two recent actions to promote greater use of distributed energy resources and demand response. ...more

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FERC Sets Aside Prior Order on NYISO Buyer-Side Mitigation Rules

FERC has issued an order setting aside in part its prior order on New York Independent System Operator, Inc.’s (NYISO’s) buyer-side market power mitigation rules by reversing its decision not to exempt payments received under...more

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FERC to Investigate Natural Gas and Electricity Markets in Wake of Texas Storm

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced on February 22 that its Office of Enforcement would examine wholesale natural gas and electricity market activity during last week’s extreme cold weather ...more

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[Webinar] The Energy Market in 2021: From Crisis to Opportunity | A Conversation with Greg Wetstone - February 11th, 12:00 pm -...

The energy market has undergone significant change in the past 12 months, with even more on the horizon. Join us for a webinar series as we explore how these changes have shaped—and will continue to impact—the energy...more

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FERC Begins Inquiry on Hybrid Resource Participation in Wholesale Markets

During its January open meeting, FERC issued an order directing independent system operators (ISOs) and regional transmission organizations (RTOs) to submit informational reports regarding co-located generation resources. ...more

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While Watching Election Returns Trump Replaces FERC Chairman

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...With the eyes of the nation still focused on the election results, and with ballots still being counted in battleground states like Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Arizona, few Americans were thinking about FERC, the Federal...more

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Election 2020: What Would a Biden Win Mean for the U.S. Electric Power Sector?

Part One - As the 2020 election nears, the Democratic campaign has begun to talk policy specifics regarding energy and climate change. Although the Trump administration undertook to dismantle many Obama-era policies and...more

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FERC Breaks New Ground with DER Aggregation Order

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Under Order No. 2222, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission hopes to “usher in the electric grid of the future” by opening wholesale markets to distributed energy resource aggregations. ...more

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FERC Denies Authorization to Acquire Transmission Facilities Due to Adverse Rate Impacts

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently denied an application by GridLiance High Plains LLC for authorization to acquire certain transmission assets from People’s Electric Cooperative, a rural electric...more

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LNG Exports/PURPA Modernization: January 19th U.S. House of Representatives Energy Subcommittee Hearing Scheduled

The United States House of Representatives Energy Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee has scheduled a January 19th hearing entitled “Legislation Addressing LNG Exports and PURPA Modernization.”...more

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Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA): December 18th National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Letter...

The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (“NARUC”) sent a December 18th letter to the Chairman and Members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) advocating changes to the Public Utility...more

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